The Olympics are a great chance to teach real-life examples of how people (scientists, politicians, journalists, etc.) can manipulate statistical analysis methods until they get the result that supports their hypothesis.

I’m lost for words when i see the idea of “automating science” being celebrated and presented as the epitome of advancement

Thank you Grok for this highly accurate image of a music theory professor

I've updated the draft preprint of my forthcoming book (osf.io/preprints/psya…) with a new chapter on "Universals". Also added abstract and summary figure for the chapter on the history of comparative musicology. Feedback appreciated!

What happened when MIT stopped paying Elsevier? Not much except they are saving a lot of money. "MIT is interested in collaborating with other libraries to reinvest these funds in community-controlled open publishing initiatives..." sparcopen.org/our-work/big-d…

= Biases in academic hiring and promotion practices = In a talk I gave for Bonn-Melbourne I discussed biases in academic hiring & promotion (watch it on: osf.io/6sjez/) Interested in your thoughts, impressions, and experiences. Summary thread 🧵 👇

Big news, CES elections will launch tomorrow morning! Voting by society members will close on August 31st at 11:59 PM BST. There are two positions (President-Elect and Student Representative) to be filled. Please take a few moments to participate.

Update: room is 201.671!

Researchers should stop paying to publish their papers. Tom Morgan and I wrote a short piece about it. 1/3 osf.io/preprints/osf/…

When you format your article to a journal’s terrible style guide and still get rejected

1/5 Preprint alert – horn tootin time! Proud to present two megaprojects: the end product of 6 years of work on melodies and scales. One comparison of theories of the evolution of scales using global scale data. One on cross-cultural constraints on melodies and scale size.

How did they miss the chance to call this “The Finale of Finale”? But yes, I switched from (paid) Sibelius and Finale to (free) Musescore years ago and have never looked back.

Another reason to prefer open peer review, as promoted by organizations such as Peer Community In

This has been a really cool paper to be involved in! I was actually a bit surprised by how consistent the melody over harmony effect was:

lol glad it’s not just me who couldn’t make it through Capital In The 21st Century

Feeling like I warped back in time a decade or two hearing Eminem, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga all over the radio. Just need to get Pitbull or Lil Jon to do some cameos and the cycle will be complete.

I'm so glad to see that Nature Neuroscience is now considering registered reports! nature.com/articles/s4159…